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Tracina WyattInstructional Technology
SpecialistHenry County School System
4C: An Engaged Classroom
Before we get started…
• Go to your APP Store and download NEARPOD (ios and Droid devices)
Today’s Focus
• What are the 4 C’s?
• How can I engage students in the 4C’s using technology tools and apps?
• How can I shift my teaching practices to incorporate the 4 C’s?
Collaboration
Communication Creativity
Critical Thinking
4 C’S
“Collaboration has been accepted as a skill that’s essential to
achieve meaningful and effective results”
Collaboration
• ScootPad (Grades K-5)
• Edmodo (Grades K-8)
Collaboration
www.scootpad.com
www.edmodo.com
• Evernote (Grades 6-12)
• DropBox
• Google Docs
Collaboration
www.evernote.com
www.dropbox.com
https://docs.google.com
• RealTime Board (www.realtimeboard.com) – Example Board
http://realtimeboard.com/app/1975072/Random-Words:-Example/
• Meeting Words (www.meetingwords.com)
Let’s Try It: http://meetingwords.com/valW4gSg5G
Collaboration
“One can’t learn well without thinking well”
“Learning critical thinking leads students to develop other skills, such
as a higher level of concentration, deeper analytical abilities, and improved thought processing”
Critical Thinking
• APP Development– The APP Builder (guides you through creating an APP)
– (http://www.theappbuilder.com/)– Project Guideline to create an App for your school
http://www.21things4students.net/21/mobile-computing/q4-app-creator-replace-build-a-cellphone/
– APP Inventor (App creator for Android devices; lots of great tutorials)
(http://appinventor.mit.edu/)
– Hopscotch (iPad App to develop iPad Apps!)• Kid Friendly
Critical Thinking
• Programming– Scratch - create your very own interactive stories, animations,
games, and art
• (http://scratch.mit.edu/) • Project Guidelines - http://
www.21things4students.net/21/game-design/
– Kodu – create your very own games for XBOX and PC
• (http://www.kodugamelab.com/)
Critical Thinking
• Infographics – visual display of information• To communicate a message.• To present large amounts of information in a compact
and easy to understand way.• To reveal the data.
Critical Thinking
“Students must be able to effectively analyze and process the overwhelming amount of communication in their lives
today”
Communication
• Blogs (provides a real audience for a real purpose)– EduBlogs (http://edublogs.org/) – KidBlog (http://kidblog.org)
• Smore (Online Newsletter)– www.smore.com
• VoiceThread – allows students to communicate ideas in a visual and verbal format– https
://voicethread.com/support/howto/Account_Types/Free/
Communication
Let’s Try It:
• Open your NEARPOD App or go to www.nearpod.com
• and enter the PIN: CNZFV
“If students leave school without knowing how to continuously create
and innovate, they will be underprepared for the challenges of
society and the workforce.”
Creativity
• Boomwriter (create authentic stories with the possibility of having them published)
– www.boomwriter.com • Fakebook (create Facebook-like pages for historical figures,
book characters, etc.)
– (http://www.classtools.net/FB/home-page )
Creativity
• Songsmith (music creating software)– Free Microsoft download– http
://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/redmond/projects/songsmith/
• Voki- • (create custom avatars that speak)– www.voki.com
Creativity
Let’s Try It:
• Go to m.socrative.com
• Enter Room Number 419658
Additional Resources
21 Things 4 Students• http://www.21things4students.net/21/begin-here/Cool Tools for School• http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/Collaborative+Tools Facebook Templates• http://
noshhinghere.blogspot.com/2012/02/updated-facebook-template.html
5 Ways to Collaborate with Another Class• http://
fluency21.com/blog/2013/09/03/5-amazing-ways-to-collaborate-with-another-class/
Questions/Comments?Tracina Wyatt
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@ITS_HCSTracina Brown Wyatt
